A youth with jewel like blue eyes & jet black hair was scribbling something on a paper with a focus like he was doing some war planning. After his recent thoughts on four field system, he had dedicated most of his time to finalise the system, so people could use it.

It wouldn't be a hassle to convince them, as they should be able to see the difference between those two systems & which was more favorable to them, but the most hassle was how to convince the soldiers.

The plan was to give them money to live off until the farming does its wonders, but it was easier than done. There were many people in this land who could do farming if provided proper infrastructure & incentive, but this duchy possibly couldn't take that toll.

And another thing for him to solve was lack of economical movements. There were things which could generate much profits if sold properly, but first he had to make a market for it. And that was not a simple thing to do.

For example, this land was filled with an abundant amount of iron, gold, copper & many other natural resources, but no one was using it. If calculated via modern methods, Arlet's hadn't even scratched the surface & James' engineering mind could dig very deep.

This duchy could become even richer than anyone in the entire empire. He just had to come up with something he had read like 10 years ago & remembering those was difficult. Yes, he was a genius with an over average IQ but was not Einstein.

He had natural talent still thinking about theses takes time. There are thousands of methods & this era's technology was not capable enough to handle it. He needed something which could operate without electricity.

There was something he had read in a book which helped make steel from raw iron ore without the use of electricity but couldn't quite put a hold on it. Just was that thing's name. If he just had the name, he could figure out other things & now he missed the good-old google. Even bing could do the job. But he had neither of those. He didn't even have a calculator to do the freaking long calculations.

He always took those small things for granted, but now he understood the actual weight behind small inventions. How they had made the life so much easier.

Kncok!

Soon a knock was heard & Adeline entered the room, humming some country song he had never heard of.

"So what are you writing?" asked the girl, inspecting the paper which had the four-field system written on it.

"Nothing, just some casual stuff, you know." said Leon shrugging his shoulder.

"Yeah, but when did you become so smart? You didn't even know how to write properly & now you are writing like some guy who sits at father's office to compose his letters."

"It just happened... Everyone needs to know writing & reading, at least. I was just not focusing."

"I doubt that. Still whatever, just do your job. And yes, father has urgently called you to his office."

"And you are telling me after 5 mins of coming here." Asked the man with blue eyes with a questioning gaze.

"I kind of forgot. But you got the point. Now go or he will get angry." replied Adeline, sitting on to the bed grabbing a bunch of papers & trying to read them. As nobles, they were all taught how to at least read & write. Now she used that to find out what evil deed her brother was planning to do next.

"But why does he ask for me?"

"How would I know? It's not like he told me the reason, but yeah, the Marquese & his whole family is here." said the girl without averting her gaze from the papers. Everything was bouncing off her head, still she was trying her best to understand these weird words.

"Which one?" asked James as there were 3-4 other Marquese & he had met only one.

The girl with glistening Sapphire eyes looked at Leon with an irritated face. She was just passing by the office when her mother told her to call him before entering the office. Thus, she had no info regarding who was that & how he looked like.

"What?"

"Do I look like I did some chatting with them?"

To her reply, Leon opened his mouth to say something but couldn't as she spoke again.

"No, I didn't. I was just passing by when mom told me to call you. That's all. I know nothing besides that. Happy now."

James nodded, saying nothing as he knew how it felt when asked pointless questions whose answers could be found easily. In this case, he just had to go to the office & everything was there.

"Now go, idiot. Dad won't be happy if you just sit here."

"Yeah, but are you going to stay here?" asked James as he was wondering what this girl was planning to do by reading those papers. Could she even understand those maths he had done to calculate the money which was going to spend on soldiers.

"Yes, or why do you think I am reading these papers with weird symbols?"

"Can you even read those?"

"For the love of God, why can't you just go?" yelled the girl with blonde hair.

"Fine, I am going, I am going."

***

Inside a spacious office room illuminated by a fair amount of natural light coming directly from sun through the window, sat 5 individual in their respective seats. The atmosphere was silent & tense, really tense.

The man with blonde hair * blue eyes who sat behind the large wooden table carried the most frightening expression of all, which was total composure. It was his signature style & was only shown when he was about to explode taking everything with him.

The first one to speak & the one who broke the silence was the man named Michael, aka Marquess Abercron.

"Please Lord, tell us what should we do?" asked the man in a pleading tone.

"Things are not adding up MIc, things are not adding up." Replied the duke in an indifferent tone.

"How?"

"You are telling me that my son forced himself on your daughter?"

"Yes. Yes."

"It's unbelievable. No matter how degenerate he can be, he still has morals. He can't break those & your words counter that."

"What morals you are talking about?"

"Never fight with the weak. Never force yourself upon someone. Never speak when not needed." said Heinrich in a cold tone which sent shivers down everyone's spine.

"There are many more, but these are the three I taught him personally & I can guarantee to anyone that he won't break it no matter the situation."

"But he did Lord. He did. He forced himself on my daughter. Your son took my daughter's chastity." Shouted the man named Michael & to his surprise a small smile appeared on the man's face sitting opposite to him.

Then Bam!

Heinrich slammed his fist on to the table with a terrifying expression, as if he was the living reincarnation of the devil himself.

"What do you think you are talking about, my son?"

"I...I..." The Marquess tried to retaliate by saying something but now words came out as the fear was getting hold of his whole body. The man in front of him was not that simple as one wrong move & you would be dead & now he was playing with the fire to prove his point.

"Tell me, Michael, do you think you can get away with anything as long as you put your daughter in it? I swear to God I will wipe out your entire family of this land if what you said is proved wrong."

"And... And what if you won't?" said the man in a trembling voice. Droplets of sweats could be seen forming on his forehead. He was scared, really scared & if this plan didn't work, then the end was set in stone.

"I will give you anything you want, but if you failed, then everything will end. I am warning you Abercron,"

"Yes, I will prove..."

Soon a knock on the door was heard & a man with black hair & blue eyes entered the room, carrying a casual smile but as soon as he saw the tense atmosphere, his smile disappeared.

"Leon, come here," asked the duke & he moved to stand beside him, overlooking the audience. One was his mother, the duchess & other three were the Marquess's family whom he first met on his journey to Esvet.

Every person present in the room was carrying the same serious expression, except the girl named Lina, who was looking at the floor from the very beginning.

"So, what happened? Why is everyone so..."

"Tell him, Lord Abercron." said Heinrich in a cold tone.

"Yes, So I..."

"He has an allegation that you forced yourself upon his daughter on the night of your stay in their home."

"What do you mean forced yourself..." asked James in a confused tone. He was not used to these medieval terms, as it was not common in 21st century. Here people used a paragraph of words to describe a bird flying, when it could be done by only one word.

"It means you took her chastity." Shouted the duke & it took one or two minute for James to realise what he was talking about.

"What?" screamed Leon with a surprised face. He had done nothing to her. She came to his room on her own accord & he just told her to go back, which she did. Then what the fuck was happening here?

"Stop screaming." said Heinrich with an irritated expression.

"I... I mean, who told you that?"

"This guy," said the duke, pointing towards the man named Michael.

"What the fuck do you think you are talking about? I did nothing to your daughter."

"What type of bullshit is that? You slept with her & now you are saying you did nothing. Have some shame, Leon." retorted the Marquess with an angry expression.

"You... bastard. Fine, let's ask Lina, what she has to say about this whole damn thing?" said James, looking at the girl who was sitting facing down. He had done nothing & was not just going to agree with these allegations.

"Lina, tell them..." said Michael in a soft tone as it was his plan all along.

"Y-es, you..."